The Geographic Setting
Transboundary meaning
What is "across countries borders"?
Chernobyl’s location
What is Ukraine or formerly the Soviet Union?
The "Black Triangle" in Europe
What is the most polluted area of Europe?
Cyanide is
What is a chemical used for mining?
The reason for Europe and North America's pollution
What is industrialization?
This great change in Europe increased pollution
What was the Industrial Revolution?
The main pollutant of the Chernobyl accident
What is nuclear radiation?
The main cause of acid rain
What is burning coal?
The cause of the cyanide spill
What is a dam bursting?
The type of pollution affecting the oceans
What is plastic pollution?
The type of pollution is the result of everyday activities
What is general pollution?
The cause of the Chernobyl accident
What is human error?
What acid rain does to the environment
What is harm to plants and animals?
Cyanide spread through this
What is the Danube River system?
This American town experienced an underground mine fire that polluted the town
What is Centralia, Pennsylvania?
Inventions that caused lots of pollution
What are machines?
How pollution from Chernobyl traveled
What is wind?
The technology used in Europe to reduce acid rain
What are smokestack scrubbers?
The first sign of pollution in the Tisza River
What are dead fish?
Countries in Asia that have developed acid rain at a rapid rate
What are China and India?
Pollution occurs when dangerous chemicals are added
What is air, water, or soil?
Changes made in nuclear power plants to make them safer
What is easier to shut down and less likely to overheat?
The EU and other European countries have done to reduce acid rain
What is creating laws and reducing coal burning?
The cyanide spill traveled all the way to here
What is the Black Sea?
The type of wind that can carry small amounts of pollution across oceans
What are upper-level winds?